FHSM VP-17415
Ptychodus mortoni (Agassiz, 1843)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
PtychodusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
mortoniClass
ChondrichthyesAuthor
AgassizOrder
Year
1843Family
PtychodontidaeCollected by
Everhart, M.J.Date Collected
2009-04-07Identified By
Everhart, M.J.Date Identified
2009-04-09Type
Number of Pieces
1Description
; ,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
JewellRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
NiobraraMember
Fort HaysZone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (3 of 3)
Shimada, K., . 2012. Dentition of Late Cretaceous shark, Ptychodus mortoni (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32:1271-1284
Shimada, K., Everhart, M.J., Decker, R., & Decker, P.D.. 2010. A new skeletal remain of the durophagus shark, Ptychodus mortoni, from the Upper Cretaceous of North America: an indication of gigantic body size. Cretaceous Research, 31:249-254
2019. First associated tooth set of Ptychodus anonymus (Elasmobranchii: Ptychodontidae) in North America from the Jetmore Chalk in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 122:1-18